The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-09-23

| mand The top ol : high bluff . lIttlb
north % whore the boatmen had tried
20 land. There. clearly outlined
against the sky. was moving figure.
Captain! what's thatP" cried.
''Isn't II possible some Of those poor
fellows have got out aliveP'
"Couldn't have climbed that blu6,"
he answered. taking the glass and
sweeping the shore "alow and aioft. !"
After moment the glass came 20 q
rest. then slowly lowered a. Il some
object was being kept In focus lived
years In seconds then.
unjust be 4 redskin." the captain
muttered. "Can't drown . redskin;
one " their eggshells II live In break
ers that'd staye the staunchest boat
that's ever built. Thought I'd made
It right" and he again handed his
glass to me.
! could clearly discern an object. ris-
ing and falling on the water, and
though taking nm irregular course,
gradually nearing tho cutter. Nearer
still II came. and we thought we could
see something that looked like = man.
half lying. half sitting. in the canoe
that was padded BY one Indian.
"Canoe ahoy!" shouted the cap
tain. whats aboardp"
The Indian made no answer. but
padded slowly on.
."Stand by for rope" the captain
shouted.
A rope shot out over our heads. was
dexterously caught by the Indian. and
the canoe was drawn through the COM
paratively smooth water. One Of the
sailors lowered . boat-hook till it al
most touched the bottom Of the little
craft With the help Of the hook and
Of strong hands my brother Harry half
climbed, was half lifted, on to the cut
ter's deck.
| Of the six men who went in the
boat. he was the only one saved. and
he had been drawn out Of the surf.
when he was past helping himself. BY
the friendly Indian.
i Taking the Indian on board and his
canoe in tow, we sailed for Trinidad.
In the morning. Standish and !, with
the Indian, started for the gold beach.
carrying tools for gathering and bags
J for holding the gold. We reached the
beach. 1t was the place we had seen
few days before glittering with tho
! precious metal We could not be mis-
taken; exhausted as we were. we had
carefully taken our bearings But
there was nothing there but sand!
Black sand!
'.What fools we have been." said
Standish. 1.-The very same force that
brought tho gold In has carried It out
again. and left only the sand, such Al
: we might walk on for miles,"
Our feet made heavy by disappoint'
, ment we dragged ourselves back to the
: cutter. Standish gave the word. and
: we were soon headed for San Fran
D cisco.
0 / shall never forget the evening wher
. Standish, Harry and l sat on deck il
4 the stern Of the cutter and talked owe
Q our adventures since we started on tn
: gold hunt.
Rob" said Harry. at last, lin d
! for home! You will do Is you please
! Of course, but tell you. when fello'
; has looked death in the face, life Is
y new thing for him. 1t seems as Il m
9 life had been taken from me and give
{ back. It's mean use to make Of lii
4 to spend it getting money for money
!, sake onlyr'
Fl .'Tm not going to give up 50" sal
q Standish. There's gold in these sands
that's plain enough. There must b
9 some way to get some Of it, and VIII
4 knows but may be lucky enough
: see it washed up againP"
g As Harry and were determined
: take the next steamer for the isthmu
; we turned over our interest in tn
!. company to Standish. The beacht
d have since been worked with fair sue
= cess. But believe no such sight h.
2 ever again appeared to any party Q
II miners As that glittcring beach who's
y golden sands our restitution forbad
i out gathering; those ''treasures" ne
i even "hidden in the sands" but whic
q our wants compelled US to leave to B
p borne out into the ocean waste.
SUSAN d. NICKERs0N.
J. Mr.. Moneybags (who has recent
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